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Drift and Providence (2012). Samuel Carl Adams #odd #thoracic #quiet

The Opera Tattler on a new SFS premeire by Samuel Carl Adams, son of Berkeley's John Adams:

The 20 minute work is scored for many instruments, including electronica, but is surprisingly quiet. It had a rather dry quality to it, and gave me the odd sensation of having the inside of my thoracic cavity gently smoothed by a fine-grained sandpaper.